[Shamsports] Creative Financing in the NBA, 2010

acshen · Aug 15, 2010

Hey guys, I don't know if you read shamsports, but its basically a really nerdy dude who talks about everything salary cap related. The post goes in depth on how the Miami Heat and other teams added pieces this summer through oddball contracts that circumvented rules. Sham talks about the standard rookie contracts signing methods and the league trend from team options to partially guaranteed final years (gets pretty technical). He also predicts specific salary dumps by teams over the luxury tax and has a few things to say about the Rockets. Anyways, its a great piece.

http://blog.shamsports.com/2010/08/creative-financing-in-nba-2010_12.html

Shamsports said:

3) Jared Jeffries or Chuck Hayes or something (although probably Jeffries)

- Before yesterday's four way trade that saw them move Trevor Ariza for Courtney Lee, and before the dump of David Andersen onto Toronto, Houston were about $10 million over the luxury tax threshold. After those moves, they're now about $3.2 million over it. They also currently have 16 players, eight of whom are big men, and only two of whom can play point guard. The unguaranteed contracts of Mike Harris and Alexander Johnson are easy enough to cut, yet they save only $1.7 million and are not enough to get Houston under the luxury tax. Cutting those two, as well as trading Chuck Hayes for no returning salary, would achieve this. Yet Hayes has done nothing to deserve to be salary dumped; at $2 million for one season, he represents good value for the amount he contributes. Jeffries's $6.8 million expiring will be harder to dump, but it's possible; pairing him with a pick like above and sending him to Sacramento or Washington, or trading him with sweetener (maybe Jermaine Taylor, who was just made redundant by Lee's arrival) to Minnesota for Sebastian Telfair, are all possibilities.
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peleincubus · Aug 15, 2010

i have always and will always not care if the rockets are under the salary cap.

acshen · Aug 15, 2010

peleincubus said:

i have always and will always not care if the rockets are under the salary cap.
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We are OVER the cap just about every year. The important level is the luxury tax... it was definitely a factor in the Ariza trade

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